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Brett327

Brett327

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I don't see that happening. For those of you who haven't hit the fleet yet, the only time you really have to carry a lot of pubs is if you're leaving your local area, which is probably between 5-10% of your flying. If you're staying local, all you probably need (depending on your area) is one approach plate volume, one high enroute and maybe a low enroute in addition to an IFR Supp. Not really that big of a burden. Also the nice part about flying around the boat/blue water - no pubs.

Brett
 
Harrier Dude

Harrier Dude

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I've used the iPad pubs in the C-12 (a buddies' personal one, not issued) and it was outstanding. Almost like having a moving map again, but in some ways better.

For TACAIR? Not sure, but definitely worth a try. Aren't they using them in AFG these days?
 
Brett327

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Harrier Dude said:
I've used the iPad pubs in the C-12 (a buddies' personal one, not issued) and it was outstanding. Almost like having a moving map again, but in some ways better.

For TACAIR? Not sure, but definitely worth a try. Aren't they using them in AFG these days?
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Yeah, they're loading up GRGs on them. I think the Marines started, then CVW guys followed suit, but only within the last year or so. Great resource for that.

Brett
 
Harrier Dude

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Brett327 said:
Yeah, they're loading up GRGs on them. I think the Marines started, then CVW guys followed suit, but only within the last year or so. Great resource for that.

Brett
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Good. I had to carry around an accordion file full of GRGs.

PITA.

I wonder if they can use a search function? Or it's just a space saver?
 
Swanee

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Talking with guys who have used them to replace paper charts and plates in the T-45 they say they are awesome. It's easier to navigate and it takes less time to find stuff, which means more time spent on flying the airplane and working your scan. They are backlit, so no more trying to decipher what the thing says, and the screen is big enough and the ability to zoom means not having to figure out what the fine print is telling you.

Bad stuff- you can gouge up plates but it's very difficult. It's much easier to use a pen on a paper plate. The back light can be bright and distracting ( Not an issue under the hood where you turn everything up like a baseball park) from the front seat, so you have to play with dimmer settings. Not sure how it would work with NVGs.

Other cool stuff- you can plug a GPS receiver and it will track you across the Lo and Hi charts. Apparently they are working on linking it to plates as well. Someone makes a kneeboard strap for it, so you can slap the thing to your knee no prob.
 
Brett327

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Search function on apple products is pretty good. Don't know what format they're using, but one would imagine it's done in a search friendly manner.
 
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jtmedli

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Brett327 said:
Search function on apple products is pretty good. Don't know what format they're using, but one would imagine it's done in a search friendly manner.
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the FltPlan.com app is extremely easy and searchable. From what I've seen from goofing off with foreflight is that it's even easier to use.
 
scoolbubba

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KBayDog said:
0-1s/0-2s who can't afford an $800 iPad? With the cars, condos, and bar tabs some of you boast?

Shenanigans.
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If I had an M3 or a Z06, I could have gotten to work faster, which would have enabled me to spend more time on my briefs, overall doing better in flight school. It is unfair that other studs had Vettes and M3s when I went through. This system is stacked against me!
 
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jtmedli

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scoolbubba said:
If I had an M3 or a Z06, I could have gotten to work faster, which would have enabled me to spend more time on my briefs, overall doing better in flight school. It is unfair that other studs had Vettes and M3s when I went through. This system is stacked against me!
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I think we may have just found the answer to the "what % get jets?" question.....the same % that drive M3s and Vettes? New flight school motto: Vettes get ya Jets. ;)
 
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Good thread and discussion...but I find it amusing that we're getting excited about bringing our aircraft navigation technology up to speed with your average -172 driver. :)
 
wlawr005

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Swanee said:
Meh, it's all those transition guys who are married and have kids and are upside down and underwater on mortgages, who drive their 1993 Chrysler Lebaron into work everyday who were complaining.

"It's unfair... I'm a geezer and if I buy an iPad I have to buy my wife an iPad, and diamond earrings and a new car"
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I'm not upside down or underwater in mortgages, but I do drive a Saturn. Either way, I think spending $800 on something that's going to cost $300 in a year is fucking asinine. Maybe us old geezers are just better at spending money...
 
BarrettRC8

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scoolbubba said:
If I had an M3 or a Z06, I could have gotten to work faster, which would have enabled me to spend more time on my briefs, overall doing better in flight school. It is unfair that other studs had Vettes and M3s when I went through. This system is stacked against me!
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